Windows 10: I cannot get Windows 7 Professional to update. I get error message Ox80072F8F-Ox20000....

I cannot get Windows 7 Professional to do updates. I get error message Ox80072F8F-Ox20000. What should I do?

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Unable to activate the license, error Ox80072F8f

Although bought as Windows 7, I am trying to activate its license so that I can upgrade to Windows 10 once activated.

However, I am unable to activate the license on my laptop.

Getting the message with error code: Ox80072F8f.

Help appreciated.

 

Unable to activate the license, error Ox80072F8f

Unable to activate the license, error Ox80072F8f Although bought as Windows 7, I am trying to activate its license so that I can upgrade to Windows 10 once activated.

However, I am unable to activate the license on my laptop.

Getting the message with error code: Ox80072F8f.

Help appreciated.

 

Error Message when updating from Win-7 to Won-10

Bree
I followed your suggestions (2nd Aug 19) for installing Win-10. Made the bootable flash drive successfully through the media creation tool. But when I attempted to upgrade and activate to Win-10 (64 bit) from within Win-7 (Pro-32 bit), I got the following error message:

Error # OxC1900101-Ox20017. " The installation failed in the SAFE_OS phase with an error during BOOT operation"

I read the diagnostics under this error number and carried out the proposed fixes, i.e. update Win-7, uninstall Malwarebyte antivirus, disconnect all external hardware, e.g. printer, scanner, external hard drives. I then tried to repeat the steps to do the upgrade through the Win-10 bootable flash drive as before. Got the same error message.
Appreciate any further comments and suggestions as to (a) what does a failure in the SAFE_OS during boot operation mean, (b) what can I do to solve it. Is this anything to do with the hardware in my computer? I listed these in my first posting above.
Thanks for any help